In order to ensure the progress of the research, Ji Ping is determined to hold a group meeting every two weeks and a large group meeting once a month. When Xu Ran's mobile phone rang for a while, it was already half past eleven in the evening, she squinted and turned on the light, fumbled on the bedside table for a long time, and finally pressed the screen. When I got it in front of me, the word Ji Ping at the beginning of the WeChat group message was particularly conspicuous.

"The team leaders will come to my office tomorrow at nine o'clock for a meeting."

"Tsk." Probably because of the resentment caused by being woken up just after falling asleep, Xu Ran couldn't help but sigh. Her head was so sleepy that she mixed in with the others, followed with a "received", blocked the group message by the way, and fell back into bed.

After a while, there was another vibration. She poked her head out angrily and glanced at her phone, but was instantly dumbfounded.

"@徐然, how is your group translating?"

"Teacher Ji, the translation is still in progress, and I will report back to you tomorrow." Xu Ran pondered for a long time before preparing a reply message, and the moment he pressed the send button, the corners of his mouth suddenly fell. She sat with white eyes for a long time, and finally got out of bed with a full body of grievances, turned on the computer, and began to revise the report to be used for tomorrow's report.

"Can you find me?" Xu Ran's hand movements didn't stop, and he couldn't stop complaining, "What are you doing with me...... Just replied with a sentence received, why should he be publicly executed again......"

I don't know how long it took, but I heard a ding-dong sound, and another message popped up.

"@徐然, okay."

It was half past twelve.

Xu Ran threw his phone aside, leaned back in the chair suddenly, and had nothing to love, "This man is poisonous!" ”

As the saying goes, staying up late is cool for a while, and the crematorium the next day. Xu Ran deliberately picked a seat in the corner and kept pouring coffee into his mouth. Zhang Yuantong of the inspection team on the side was trying his best to explain the research status to Ji Ping, he said with his mouth, and he also followed the gesture in his hand, but he was still overwhelmed by Ji Ping's question.

Xu Ran sympathized with him in his heart.

"Professor Ji, this is the first time we have come into contact with this kind of project, and we are still exploring."

"You just tell me what progress you're making now."

"We wanted to minimize the damage to the artefacts, so we didn't do too much processing on the samples, which may have led to unsatisfactory test results."

"Really? How undesirable it is. Ji Ping flipped through the report he handed in and didn't look at him.

"Judging from the composition and shape of those jars, there is really nothing unusual, mainly because the two coffins are more difficult to detect. In the past few days, I have been on XRF, AAS, XRD, and I can't detect the ingredients inside. We didn't dare to make too many moves, for fear of causing damage......"

"It was the same sentence a month ago, and it's still the same sentence now."

"We ...... We tried different approaches. Zhang Yuantong tried to make a final protest.

"It's not like there's still no progress."

Seeing that he didn't know what to say, Ji Ping took off his glasses and looked straight at him, "Who is in charge of that coffin?" ”

"Zhou Bin is in charge."

"What about the others, where?"

"He's on site and won't be back until a few days."

"Go to the scene again."

Ji Pingsheng had a smile on his eyebrows and eyes, and sometimes it sounded a little stern in his tone, but when he looked into his eyes, it was impossible to figure out whether he was angry or joking. The old man in his sixties doesn't have much fat on his body, but his belly is a little bigger. Xu Ran turned the pen, and saw him in a hazy way that he was excited, and he vigorously buckled the table with his fingers a few times, and his stomach was also bulging, like a matryoshka doll, and he couldn't help but want to laugh.

"It's kind of cute."

With a snap, the pen in her hand fell on the table, and the person struggled a few times, but still lowered his head and fell asleep.

When she woke up again, Zhang Yuantong was poking her arm under the table. Seeing her open her eyes suddenly, Zhang Yuantong covered his mouth and whispered, "It's your turn." Then he cleared his throat vigorously, sat up straight, and acted as if he had nothing to do with himself.

"Did you stay up late yesterday?" Ji Min pushed his reading glasses under his nose and raised his eyes to look at Xu Ran from the bottom up, and a chuckle sounded around him at the right time.

"Nope." Xu Ran was a little embarrassed.

"I don't think your group is making a lot of progress, are you?"

"It's really difficult to translate, and there are many places that need to be researched."

"Didn't you say that there are traces of the words in this book?"

"That's what I thought before......"

"yes, I don't think so anymore."

Xu Ran heard that Ji Ping's words were a little teasing, and he didn't know what to answer, so he simply shut up. Ji Ping raised his eyes and looked at her, carrying the report and said, "What are you translating, how can it be the same as writing a novel." ”

At the mention of this, Xu Ran came to his senses, "Teacher, I also think that this ancient book seems to be recording a story, and it ...... in the book."

"You think again," before she could finish speaking, Ji Ping interrupted her, "You can't just guess when you do learning, I think you read too many novels." ”

Xu Ran froze, leaned back in the chair and secretly rolled his eyes, "Old mallet." ”

finally broke up the meeting, and Ji Ping was surrounded by everyone to go to the cafeteria for lunch. Xu Ran was very aggrieved in his heart, hesitated for a moment at the back of the team, but turned around and raised his feet and went back to the office.

"What wind is blowing you here?" Xu Ran said angrily.

"You must be crying and sad by now." Zhou Bin on the phone was smiling, "I was scolded by the boss again?" ”

"He asked people to report, and he didn't listen to anyone!"

"You've been with him for so many years, and you can still be angry with him?" Zhou Bin said with a smile.

Xu Ran was silent for a while, and then complained like a cannon, "It's not that I don't work, I'm almost in the Mediterranean Sea when I stay up all night." He's good, he has a small mouth all day long, he knows how to scare people, and the project of moving his mouth in his eyes is made. ”

"Hey, don't be angry, little girl. Mr. Ji has been away from the front line for a long time, so he will feel that the sample will have a result as soon as he tests it, and he can translate it by looking at the literature, which is normal. Let's just get things done and don't get angry with him. ”

Seeing that Xu Ran was silent, Zhou Bin said with a smile, "Don't stay up late in the future, come back the next day if you can't finish something, why bother with yourself." ”

"I don't have your understanding, I'm so stupid that I can't translate if I don't stay up late." Xu Ran said angrily.

Zhou Bin couldn't be happier over there, "It's my life's honor to be recognized by Dr. Xu. ”

"What are you doing?" Xu Ran asked.

"Sampling. I heard Brother Zhang say that you were scolded miserably, so I took the time to come and offer condolences during lunch. Have you eaten? ”

"Nope." Xu Ran paused, and then hesitated to speak, "Zhou Bin, I really think that this project is different from the past, the author of the ancient book seems to be trying to tell us something, it's really not that I'm stunned." ”

"Of course, you know that what we do research is about objectivity and fairness, and romanticism doesn't work."

"You don't believe me?" Xu Ran was a little anxious.

"I believe you, I just don't want you to sink too deep. Don't put all your feelings into the stories of the past, there's no need. ”

“…… Zhou Bin, I miss you a little. Xu Ran took the pen and drew circles on the paper, only to hear the other end chuckle, "I miss you too." ”

Xu Ran hung up the phone, came to the sterile room again, and looked at the transparent coffin through the window. At noon, people should eat, and when they should take a lunch break, there are no others around, and it is very quiet. She remembered the dream she had a few months ago, and the blood-red flowers in her dream.

What is the name of the flower?

Heather, that person seems to say so.

Xu Ran looked at the calm face of the man in the coffin, and a voice suddenly appeared in her heart, startling her.

"Shen Zi'an, is that you?"